Glossary

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    The Supreme Court decision under Chief Justice John Marshall that determined the supremacy of federal laws over state laws in certain circumstances.

  • McGuffey Reader

    Reading textbooks for 1-6 grade that were widely used in American schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Merchants

    A person or company who trades goods.

  • Metropolis

    A very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

  • Migrant

    a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions

  • Missouri Compromise

    federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states desire to expand slavery.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Federal law that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery with the southern states’ desire to expand slavery.

  • Moot Courts

    A mock court at which law students argue cases for practice.

  • Munitions

    Military weapons, ammunition, and other supplies.

  • NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 by an interracial group of people, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, and others. The NAACP’s work has had a significant impact on the lives of African Americans and other minorities in the United States and around the world.